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I have no data to support my contention but I have the suspicion that ordinary people have no desire to pay higher taxes when they know that the rulers, not only politicians, of this country since 2005 have plundered vast wealth from the government, invested them both here and abroad and provided sumptuously for their […] ....
Data on adult asthma is scarce in Sri Lanka. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of asthma and its symptoms in adult Sri Lankans. A cross-sectional study using a translated version of the European Community Respiratory Health Survey screening questionnaire on subjects $$\ge$$ 18 years from 7 provinces in Sri Lanka was conducted. The asthma was defined as “wheezing in the past 12 months (current wheeze)”, self-reported asthma attack in the past 12 months or on current asthma medication use. Among 1872 subjects (45.1% males, 48.8% between 18–44 years of age), the prevalence of current wheeze was 23.9% (95%CI: 22.0%-25.9%), self-reported asthma was 11.8% (95%CI: 10.3%-13.2%) and current asthma medication use was 11.1% (95% CI: 9.6%-12.5%). The prevalences were higher in adults > 44 years, 31.4% positively responded to any of the above questions (95%CI: 29.3%-33.4%) and 60.9% ....
‘Vestosis’ is a dreadful illness with a dismal prognosis for the sufferers and even a worse one for their service recipients. Existence of this malady amongst state sector officials was well known for decades but the inclusion of its diagnosis in the satirical medical nomenclature awaited the advent of my erudite friend and Consultant Psychiatrist, […] ....
COLOMBO (News 1st) - It’s not a secret that we are all broke as a country, and we have to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, said Sri Lankan - Get the latest breaking news and top stories from Sri Lanka, the latest political news, sports news, weather updates, exam results, business news, entertainment news, world news and much more from News 1st, Sri Lanka's leading news network. ....